chaya · live

What it means

chaya (חָיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “live”.

Have life; recover. In the causative form, give life, keep alive, revive.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
2. To survive, recover; a cheer for the king's long life.
3. To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Live. BDB notes that in the causative form it means to make live: give life, keep alive, revive.

• To live so many years Genesis 5:3
• To stay alive, to be spared Genesis 12:13Genesis 20:7
• To give life, to keep alive Genesis 45:7Psalms 119:25
• To live again: “will these bones live?” Ezekiel 37:3Ezekiel 37:5
• “Long live the king!” 1 Samuel 10:24

How we translate it

“Live” 138 times, “lived” 45, “give me life” 12, “keep alive” 12, “revive” 5. The simple form is translated “live”; the causative, “give life”, “keep alive” or “revive”, according to the passage. The acclamation of a king is “Long live the king!” (1 Samuel 10:24).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• live ×138
• lived ×45
• give me life ×12
• keep alive ×12
• revive ×5
• he will surely ×4
• he had restored to life ×3
• keep them alive ×3
• kept alive ×3
• revived ×3
• others ×34

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×56
• Exodus×5
• Leviticus×2
• Numbers×6
• Deuteronomy×14
• Joshua×8
• Judges×3
• 1 Samuel×4
• 2 Samuel×5
• 1 Kings×8
• 2 Kings×22
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Nehemiah×5
• Esther×1
• Job×6
• Psalms×31
• Proverbs×4
• Ecclesiastes×4
• Isaiah×11
• Jeremiah×10
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×42
• Hosea×3
• Amos×3
• Habakkuk×2
• Zechariah×3

• Genesis 5:3

  And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and called his name Seth.

• Genesis 5:6

  And Seth lived one hundred and five years and fathered Enosh.

• Genesis 5:7

  And Seth lived after he fathered Enosh eight hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:9

  And Enosh lived ninety years and fathered Kenan.

• Genesis 5:10

  And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:12

  And Kenan lived seventy years and fathered Mahalalel.

• Genesis 5:13

  And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:15

  And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years and fathered Jared.

• Genesis 5:16

  And Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared eight hundred and thirty years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:18

  And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years and fathered Enoch.

• Genesis 5:19

  And Jared lived after he fathered Enoch eight hundred years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:21

  And Enoch lived sixty-five years and fathered Methuselah.

• Genesis 5:25

  And Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years and fathered Lamech.

• Genesis 5:26

  And Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:28

  And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and fathered a son.

• Genesis 5:30

  And Lamech lived after he fathered Noah five hundred and ninety-five years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 6:19

  And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

• Genesis 6:20

  Of the birds according to their kind, and of the livestock according to their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to be kept alive.

• Genesis 7:3

  also of the birds of the sky seven and seven, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

• Genesis 9:28

  And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

• Genesis 11:11

  After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived five hundred years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:12

  Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and fathered Shelah.

• Genesis 11:13

  After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:14

  Shelah lived thirty years and fathered Eber.

• Genesis 11:15

  After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:16

  Eber lived thirty-four years and fathered Peleg.

• Genesis 11:17

  After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:18

  Peleg lived thirty years and fathered Reu.

• Genesis 11:19

  After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:20

  Reu lived thirty-two years and fathered Serug.

• Genesis 11:21

  After he fathered Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:22

  Serug lived thirty years and fathered Nahor.

• Genesis 11:23

  After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:24

  Nahor lived twenty-nine years and fathered Terah.

• Genesis 11:25

  After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:26

  Terah lived seventy years and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

• Genesis 12:12

  When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they will kill me, but you they will keep alive.

• Genesis 12:13

  Please say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you, and I may stay alive thanks to you.”

• Genesis 17:18

  Abraham said to Elohim, “If only Ishmael might live before you!”

• Genesis 19:19

  Look, your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have made great your loyal love that you have shown me by keeping me alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me and I die.

And 222 more times.